Cristiano Ronaldo Donates 2 Goals, Al-Nassr Wins Arab Club Champions Cup
JAKARTA - Cristiano Ronaldo's two goals helped Al-Nassr win the Arab Club Champions Cup after a 2-1 win over Al-Hilal in the final which was held at King Fahd Stadium, Riyadh, Saturday, August 12.Al-Hilal relied on Sergej Milinkovic-Savic and Malcom. Meanwhile, Al-Nassr also played Cristiano Ronaldo, Sadio Mane, and Marcelo Brozovic.The match was fierce since the beginning of the first half. Both teams, reported by Antara, exchanged attacks, but no goals were scored until halftime.Five minutes after returning from the dressing room, Al-Hilal successfully broke the deadlock. Starting from a counterattack, Malcom's cross from the left was continued by Michael's header to a goal. Al-Nassr trailed 0-1.In the 71st minute, Al-Nassr had to play with 10 people after Abdulelah Al Amri was sent off by the referee. Initially the referee issued a yellow card, but after reviewing VAR, he replaced it with a red card.Despite playing with ten players, Al Nassr actually managed to equalize the score two minutes later. The action of Sultan Al Ghannam stabbing on the right was completed with a tap goal in Cristiano Ronaldo. The score becomes 1-1.Five minutes later, the referee gave Al-Hilal a penalty for Sergej Milinkovic-Savic being fouled in the box. However, the penalty was canceled after the referee reviewed the VAR monitor.Ronaldo had scored in the 83rd minute. Unfortunately, he was already in an offside position. The 1-1 draw lasted until the long whistle sounded. The match continued into extra time.Eight minutes of extra time, Ronaldo scored his second goal in this match. CR7 broke into Al-Hilal's goal after heading the rebound ball from Seko Fofana's shot which hit the bar. Al-Nassr turned 2-1 up.
However, Ronaldo had to be pulled out in the final minutes of the match due to injury.Al-Nassr continued to be hit by Al-Hilal in the remaining five minutes of the game, but they managed to maintain their lead and successfully won the Arab Club Champions Cup.